diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index 78e501a17..75008ef2b 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+  - bugfix: 30_MilightBridge: Minor change to ping code to try and resolve 
+                            crash when hostname not in dns
   - bugfix: pilight_ctrl: reset - clear send queue
   - feature: pilight_ctrl: add attribute SendTimeout for aborting sending commands
   - feature: FB_CALLMONITOR: add TR-064 support for remote phonebook reading
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/30_MilightBridge.pm b/fhem/FHEM/30_MilightBridge.pm
index ec71b815c..611341f50 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/30_MilightBridge.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/30_MilightBridge.pm
@@ -203,14 +203,12 @@ sub MilightBridge_State(@)
   
   # Do a ping check to see if bridge is reachable
   # check via ping
-  my $pingstatus = "ok";
+  my $pingstatus = "unreachable";
   my $p = Net::Ping->new('udp');
-  if( $p->ping($hash->{HOST}, 2)) {
-      $pingstatus = "ok";
-  } else {
-      $pingstatus = "unreachable";
-  }
+  my $alive = $p->ping($hash->{HOST}, 2);
   $p->close();
+  $pingstatus = "ok" if $alive;
+
   # And update state
   readingsSingleUpdate($hash, "state", $pingstatus, 1);